matchlock

NOUN /mæʧ,lɑk/

9 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH M

matchlock is a valid 9-letter word worth 22 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS

M3A1T1C3H4L1O1C3K5

3 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 5 =22 PTS

DOUBLE WORD → 44TRIPLE WORD → 66

MEANING

What does matchlock mean?

NOUN · 1 SENSE

1

An early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge.

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